Topic 3: Smoking Is an Addiction
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Learning outcomes
- Explain why nicotine is addictive, using dependence concepts and DSM-5-TR criteria.
- Describe the main biological and psychological mechanisms: reward pathway, receptor changes, withdrawal, reinforcement, cues
- Connect those mechanisms to a whole-person treatment approach
- Use latency and stage questions to assess dependence beyond cigarette count.
- Prepare a patient for withdrawal in non-blaming language.
Course Content
SCOPE Addiction
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Lesson 1: Smoking is an Addiction
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Lesson 2: Nicotine More than a Habit
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Lesson 3: Recognizing Addiction
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Lesson 4: Why Nicotine is Hard to Stop
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Lesson 5: What Happens in The Brain
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Lesson 6: Dependence in The Consultation
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Lesson 7: Why People Keep Smoking
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Lesson 8: Treating The Whole Person
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Quiz: Smoking is an Addiction
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